Liberty Is The One Thing

The Crucial Differences Which Distinguish Human Societies And Human Beings Are Not Biological. They Are Cultural.

No One Culture Has Ever Developed All Human Potentialities; It Has Always Selected Certain Capacities, Mental And Emotional And Moral, And Stifled Others. Each Culture Is A System Of Values Which May Well Complement The Values In Another.

So Much Of The Trouble Is Because I Am A Woman. To Me It Seems A Very Terrible Thing To Be A Woman. There Is One Crown Which Perhaps Is Worth It All--a Great Love, A Quiet Home, And Children. We All Know That Is All That Is Worthwhile, And Yet We Must Peg Away, Showing Off Our Wares On The Market If We Have Money, Or Manufacturing Careers For Ourselves If We Haven't.

The Life History Of The Individual Is First And Foremost An Accommodation To The Patterns And Standards Traditionally Handed Down In His Community

... Oh, I Long To Prove Myself By Writing! The Best Seems To Die In Me When I Give It Up. It Is The Self I Love--not This Efficient, Philanthropic Self.